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i think they were the “joy of cooking” for my generation.
i learned how to..and to love cooking...by spending hours pouring over their recipes.
my books are now filled with grease stains, small food particles(yuck!), dog ears and random pieces of stuff used as bookmarks.
and i still pull out the new basics a lot...as i have a mental block about how to boil an egg.
anyway, driving home today and trying to figure out what to make for dinner...i mentally tallied up my assets. LOTS of tomatoes, basil, pasta and a hunk of brie left over from a party last weekend.
bing! the infamous tomato brie salad! well, with the pasta added to make it more of a meal. (also knowing that olivia will pick out most of the tomatoes)
i must have made that salad for every single summer party i went to back in the late 80’s. it still looks and smells as good as i remember.
i heart everyday food.
i really do. i dog-ear at least 10 pages every month...and make most of them.
mushroom and black bean tortilla casserole...yum. mushroom and barley soup, even yummier.
the photo above is bean and cheese enchiladas*. i tasted better than the photo looks**. the thing is...and this is the part where i start complaining...the mag lists it as active time: 20 minutes...total time 30 minutes. really? maybe martha, but not me. for starters, it took me 10 minutes to dig out my food processor and re-clean it since i did such a lousy job the last time i did it. then i had to chase summer down to make sure she didn’t eat the onion i dropped on the floor. (she’s allergic) “use caution when blending hot liquids”...should of used a little more of that. and finally, having to squeeze 4th grade math homework in between steps. this dinner totally took me at least twice marthas’ time. and like i said...it was good, but not THAT good. i’ll have to start marking the recipes i plan to do over with laura-time.
*amy...the cottage cheese wasn’t as gross as we thought
**the best part of the recipe...the homemade enchilada sauce. im glad i had leftovers to freeze.
but a lot of good stuff too.
i started late...so my herbs look kind of measly. but everything else looks good.
lots of beets for amy.
what a difference. butter instead of olive oil.
i know, not as good for you, but hey, it’s once a year.
and i didn’t rinse them this year either...following a tip from extremepumkins.com.
remember all those tomatoes from the food store?
instead of making sauce, i decided to roast them, then freeze them.
they tasted so fantastic, i’m lucky i had any left to freeze.
i did them cut side down this time...the skins just lifted right off when i was done.
i hope they taste as good in all my soups and chilis this winter.
i think they were the “joy of cooking” for my generation.
